Agri Spray Drones Expands into Agricultural Drone Manufacturing and UAS Technology

Agri Spray Drones has announced its expansion from a spray drone distributor into an agricultural drone manufacturer and technology company. The company plans to apply its experience supporting drone operators to product development, quality control, software, autonomous systems and U.S.-based manufacturing. Agri Spray Drones also confirmed that its next spray drone platform is in production, with additional product information scheduled to ...

U.S. Army Drone Completes 300-Mile, Eight-Hour Flight in World Record Attempt

A small, American-made unmanned aircraft system assembled at Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania completed an approximately 300-mile flight lasting eight hours during a U.S. Army demonstration. The battery-powered Group 1 aircraft's performance has been submitted to Guinness World Records for verification. The U.S. Army long endurance drone was flown during the "Game of Drones" demonstration held July 15-17 at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

GeoCue Advances Survey-Grade Drone LiDAR Mapping with Ouster Rev8 Technology

Ouster and GeoCue have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Ouster's native color Rev8 OS1 Max digital LiDAR into GeoCue's TrueView product line. The collaboration combines GeoCue drone LiDAR mapping payloads and LP360 software with Ouster's digital LiDAR technology to provide survey-grade data for utility and infrastructure applications. GeoCue is expanding its TrueView lineup with options incorporating the Build America, Buy ...

TEKEVER Acquires Flowcopter to Advance Autonomous Drone Propulsion and UAS Capabilities

TEKEVER has acquired Edinburgh-based Flowcopter, adding the company's hydraulic transmission technology and engineering capabilities to its autonomous systems portfolio. The acquisition is intended to support the development of TEKEVER autonomous drones capable of carrying heavier payloads over longer distances. The companies have already worked together on TEKEVER's AR6 family of systems, which incorporates Flowcopter's hydraulic transmis...

Omnisys Launches BRO-API for Real-Time Mission Optimization Across C2 and C4I Systems

Omnisys, an Ondas Inc. company, has introduced BRO-API, a bidirectional integration layer connecting its BRO Battle Resource Optimization platform directly with existing C2 and C4I systems. The Omnisys BRO-API mission optimization capability is designed to continuously update operational plans using live battlefield information and reduce command decision cycles from hours to minutes or less. The new interface expands BRO from a primarily ...

UAV Navigation Enhances VNS01 for Precision Drone Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments

UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía has announced software enhancements to its VNS01 Visual Navigation System, adding Terrain Referenced Navigation and Satellite Map Matching algorithms. The new capabilities are designed to improve GNSS-denied drone navigation during extended satellite-navigation outages and operations over previously unflown routes. Available through a software update, the enhancements add new sources of absolute positioning to ...

Volz Servos and Kraus Hamdani Expand K1000ULE UAS Partnership After Thousands of Flight Hours

Volz Servos and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace are expanding their collaboration supporting the K1000ULE UAS following more than 7,000 flight hours and 200,000 miles of operation. According to the companies, the Volz actuators installed aboard the aircraft have operated throughout thousands of flight hours without a reported servo failure. The companies are now evaluating a modified version of the Volz DA 15-N.ISS actuator designed to simplify ...

GKN Aerospace Unveils New UAV Demonstrator to Advance Unmanned Aircraft Development

GKN Aerospace has unveiled its new uncrewed aerial vehicle demonstrator less than a year after launching a collaborative development program with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. The GKN Aerospace UAV demonstrator marks the first public presentation of the platform and advances a program that also includes development of a dedicated turbojet engine. The initiative combines propulsion, aerostructures and systems integration ...

A2Z Drone Delivery Launches Longtail Dual for Next-Generation Commercial Drone Logistics

A2Z Drone Delivery has launched the Longtail Dual, a new multi-mission commercial drone featuring a dual-battery architecture designed to increase power redundancy and support long-range Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations. The A2Z Longtail Dual drone delivery platform builds on the original Longtail aircraft while adding smart battery management and faster charging capabilities for commercial UAS operations. According to the company, the ...

ShadowfaxUAS Unveils SF45 Group 3 Fixed-Wing VTOL Drone with ITAR-Free Design

South African unmanned aircraft manufacturer ShadowfaxUAS has introduced the SF45, its largest next-generation UAV and flagship Group 3 fixed-wing vertical takeoff and landing platform. The ShadowfaxUAS SF45 VTOL drone is designed for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, with a maximum payload capacity of 8 kilograms and a baseline endurance of 10 hours. The Cape Town-based company developed the aircraft ...